The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
Credits
The King Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Kodi Smit-McPhee
He was 10, now 27 years old
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as Young John Wesley |
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Stephen Curry
He was 19, now 36 years old
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as Graham Kennedy |
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Bernard Curry
He was 33, now 50 years old
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as John Wesley |
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Monica Maughan
She was 73, 76 years old when she died
|
as Nana Scott |
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Garry McDonald
He was 58, now 75 years old
|
as Nicky Whitta |
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Steve Bisley
He was 55, now 72 years old
|
as Harry M. Miller |
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Roz Hammond
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as Kathleen Whitta |
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Louis Corbett
He was 12, now 29 years old
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as Young Graham Kennedy |
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Shaun Micallef
He was 44, now 61 years old
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as Colin Bednall |
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Donal Forde
|
as Geoff "Corkie" Corke |
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Bert Newton
He was 68, now 85 years old
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Stephen Hall
He was 38, now 54 years old
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as Bert Newton |
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Jane Allsop
She was 31, now 48 years old
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as Noeline Brown |
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Angus Sampson
He was 28, now 45 years old
|
as Ugly Dave Gray |
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Graham Kennedy
He was 73, 71 years old when he died
|
as Himself (archive footage) |
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Nick Farnell
|
as Norm Spencer |
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Leo Taylor
|
as Sir Frank Packer |
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Todd MacDonald
He was 34, now 51 years old
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as Richard Croft |
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Beth Buchanan
She was 35, now 52 years old
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as Val Wesley |
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Beau Brady
He was 25, now 42 years old
|
as Tim |
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Virginia Bowers
|
as Clara |
The King Crew
